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State of the Art Quantum Chemistry in 2022

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum chemistry is very hard. The best quantum computing chemistry seems to be at the level of 12 qubits / 12 atoms. Supercomputer simulations can handle 20 qubits and 20 atoms simulation. There are early papers that suggest classical supercompu...

Dec 11, 2022

The Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

At Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research is floating a new approach to a technology that saw its rise and fall a century ago: airships. Although airships have long since been supplanted by planes, LTA, which was f...

Dec 10, 2022

New study commissioned by EUON assesses graphene’s potential impact on health and environment

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) has published a study that has systematically reviewed and critically assessed the potential health and environmental effects of graphene, graphene oxide, and other two-dimensional (2D) mater...

Dec 10, 2022

Combination of two materials creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerator

Pennsylvania State University   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators, or TENGs. Penn State researchers combined a porous 2D material known as MXene and laser-induced graphene foam ...

Dec 9, 2022

The smallest robotic arm you can imagine is controlled by artificial intelligence

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers used deep reinforcement learning to steer atoms into a lattice shape, with a view to building new materials or nanodevices.

Dec 9, 2022

Carbon Dioxide to Reduce Pollution Possible? Here’s What Scientists Say

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Read on to know how carbon dioxide would reduce pollution through nanoparticles.

Dec 9, 2022

Targeted photothermal treatment for blood clots shows promise

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles loaded with dye that release heat upon near-infrared irradiation could provide the key to more targeted treatment for blood clots, according to new research by the Baker Institute and Swinburne University.

Dec 9, 2022

Researchers examine the role of temperature on defect diffusion in graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Princeton University recently set out to automate the beam of an electron microscope in order to drill holes in graphene, but found that the drilled holes closed up. They expected the heat to make...

Dec 9, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientist mimic nature to make nano particle metallic snowflakes: Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes. Why’s that significant? Because coaxing individual atoms to cooperate in desired ways is leading to a revolution in engin...

Dec 9, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding: The results challenge a 70-year-old theory of how proteins fold in our cells and have profound implications for treating diseases linked to protein misfolding

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A landmark study by researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University reveals how a tiny cellular machine called TRiC directs the folding of tubulin, a human protein that is the building block o...

Dec 9, 2022

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